Peter Richard Markland
Number of games in database: 59
Years covered: 1967 to 1981
Last FIDE rating: 2390
Highest rating achieved in database: 2510Overall record: +13 -21 =25 (43.2%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

When it says "Beating something with four legs was just too much for him," it means that he was unable to fight off a dog that randomly attacked him before it was able to bite him (despite being a kickboxer).

I think you have understood it as though the son was beating-up on the dog, which I don't think he was!

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